Maintenance workers in Co-op City are back at work today after a weeklong strike at the sprawling 35-building housing complex. About 500 workers will return to their jobs while union officials continue to bargain with the buildings' management company, RiverBay Corporation, according to a statement released yesterday. The strike began last Tuesday after the…
Save the Date! The Bronx Stage & Film Company presents the 8th Annual Bronx International Film Festival , at the Lovinger Theater, at Lehman College, starting a week from tomorrow and running from June 17-19. Nearly 20 independent films, from near and far, will be presented. Kicking off the festival will…
Here's your daily dose of BX news around the Web: State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada has had it with Governor Paterson's proposed budget cuts and is threatening to refrain from voting on any future budget extenders. Paterson needs every Democratic vote in the Senate to solve the budget crisis. Read more here. …
Join BxNN at the Bronx Ale House on Wed., June 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. With $20 admission you’ll get a free beer, free pint glass happy hour specials and free appetizers. Support local community news and raise that pint glass with our editors and reporters to celebrate the Tremont Tribune’s 1st anniversary.…
The 5 million square feet of new apartment space that the city wants built on the Queens side of the East River will include 3,000 apartments of affordable housing, according to a request for proposals released this week by the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development.The proposed complex at Hunter's Point South is "in…
The New York City Charter Revision Commission meets Thursday night to hear testimony about whether borough presidents and the public advocate should vanish or get more power.The hearing at 6 p.m. at Staten Island Technical High School, 485 Clawson Street, is the third in a series of five "issues forums" where the 15 commissioners are…